摘要:
There is provided an efficient method of storing hydrogen in materials of small mass and small volume. The products of the present invention comprise intimate mixtures (as opposed to alloys) of magnesium and other metals or alloys capable of forming hydrides. The hydrides are selected so that the hydrides have a substantially lower thermal stability than that of magnesium hydride.
摘要:
An electrochromic element useful in an electrochromic glass or mirror device and a process for making such element. The element is a five-layered structure including an electrolyte ion conducting layer interposed between first and second inorganic electrochromic layers which are interposed between a pair of conductive electrodes. The second inorganic electrochromic layer is amorphous. The first and second inorganic electrochromic layers are different and are capable of exhibiting color-forming properties complementary to one another upon the incorporation of at least one H, Li, Na, K, Ag, Cu or Tl ion. The electrolyte ion conducting layer may be a copolymer of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or methyl glycidyl ether, and optionally a small amount of allyl glycidyl ether, along with an ionizable salt, or may be a polyurethane gel formed by reacting the copolymer with triisocyanate, along with an ionizable salt. The second inorganic electrochromic layer comprises a transition element chalconide or halide which exhibits a color change when shifting between the +2 and +3 valence states or between the +3 and +4 valence states. The second inorganic electrochromic layer may be produced by an electrochemical process, a chemical process, a physical process or by a solid state process. The electrochromic element may also comprise a plurality of five-layer structures in tandem, each pair separated by a substrate. The electrochromic element of the invention is also useful as a supercapacitor.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide of formula Li.sub.x Mn.sub.y O.sub.z, in which x lies in the range 0 to 2, y lies in the range 1 to 3, and z lies in the range 3 to 4.5, x, y, and z being such that the oxide has a composition close to LiMn.sub.2 O.sub.4. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps:a) a polymer complex of lithium and of manganese is prepared in the form of a gel or of a xerogel by causing a reducing polymer, copolymer or polymer mixture possessing complexing functions for lithium and manganese to react in a common solvent with an oxidizing lithium salt and with an oxidizing manganese salt, and by evaporating off the solvent, partially or in full; andb) the resulting lithium and manganese polymer complex is mineralized by the explosive oxidation-reduction technique to recover fine amorphous particles of the oxide of formula Li.sub.x Mn.sub.y O.sub.z.
摘要翻译:本发明涉及一种制备式LixMnyOz氧化物的方法,其中x在0至2的范围内,y位于1至3的范围内,z在3至4.5的范围内,x,y和z 使得氧化物具有接近LiMn 2 O 4的组成。 根据本发明,该方法包括以下步骤:a)通过使具有锂的络合功能的还原性聚合物,共聚物或聚合物混合物,以凝胶或干凝胶的形式制备锂和锰的聚合物络合物, 锰在常用溶剂中与氧化锂盐和氧化锰盐反应,并部分或全部蒸发掉溶剂; 和b)所得的锂和锰聚合物复合物通过爆炸性氧化还原技术矿化以回收式LixMnyOz的氧化物的细微无定形颗粒。